(A) Intent. The R Area is intended to provide a quiet, pleasant living area protected from traffic congestion and incompatible land uses.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1) One-, two-, and three-unit dwellings;
(2) Home occupations;
(3) One private garage and accessory building compatible in size and aesthetics to the area in which it will exist;
(4) Public parks and playgrounds;
(5) Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance; and
(6) Essential services.
(C) Minimum standards.
(1) Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(2) Minimum side yard:
(a) Principal building: six feet; and
(b) Accessory building: three feet on each side.
(3) Minimum front yard setback: average of building on either side or 20 feet, whichever is less.
(4) Minimum rear yard setback:
(a) Principal building: 20 feet; and
(b) Accessory building: six feet. Rear setbacks changed to a 20-foot setback for ingress/egress entrance to a garage; if a blank wall faces the alley, a six-foot setback is in place.
(5) Minimum lot size on all properties not yet surveyed into lots/building sites shall have a minimum square footage of 6,050 feet per lot.
(6) Minimum lot width (measured at rear of front yard): 55 feet.
(7) Maximum lot coverage (for all structures): 50%.
(8) Parking, off-street residential: two spaces per family.
(D) Conditional uses. The following are conditional uses:
(1) Four or more unit dwellings with two off-street parking spaces per unit. No individual garbage containers allowed; must be provided by building owner or management;
(2) Churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, water pumping facilities, and utility service structures;
(3) Municipal office buildings;
(4) Telephone and power utility switching buildings and stations; microwave and radio towers; television satellite receivers. television satellite receivers shall not be subject to public hearing, but shall require the review and approval of the Planning Commission, shall require a LUCR if approved by the Planning Commission, and shall be subject to a LUCR fee;
(5) Mobile home parks; and
(6) Basement dwellings.
(E) Percolation test. The R Area is subject to a percolation test.
(1999 Code, § 151.36) (Ord. 123, passed 12-10-1984; Ord. 123-A, passed 4-1-1985; Ord. passed 3-10-2014; Ord. passed 3-13-2017) Penalty, see § 151.999
Cross-reference:
Dumpsters, see § 151.063